The first in the Future of the Force novella series. Deron Krass, pit fighter and all around lowlife, along with the other crew members of the 'Nova Cardinal', gets thrust into a conflict between the Jedi Order and a legendary crime lord that apparently doesn't exist, learning something incredible about himself that effects his entire universe.

Beat cop Sasuke Uchiha gets more than he bargained for when he arrests a pink haired gunslinger one night. He discovers a centuries old quest that puts him in the middle of a war between the Vampires and Werewolves that inhabit Konoha city's terrifying hidden world. One which he may have a large role to play.